Hard Magazine Copies Subscription
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA890326Q09152026
- Agency
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Air Force Installation Contracting Agency
Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513199 All Other Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- San Antonio, Texas 78226, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center seeks an established magazine distributor to provide hard copy magazine subscriptions to 65 Air Force base libraries and their office locations, with proposals due September 24 and questions due September 18. This is full and open competition under NAICS 513199 (All Other Publishers).
Place of performance spans Air Force installations worldwide, including major domestic bases (Altus, Beale, Cannon, Ellsworth, Hurlburt Field, Joint Base Charleston) and overseas locations (Kadena AB, Ramstein AB, RAF Alconbury, Misawa, Yokota, Kunsan, Osan, Spangdahlem, Aviano, Incirlik), with administrative oversight at San Antonio, Texas. The contractor must be an established distributor capable of sourcing diverse publications—professional journals, consumer magazines, trade publications, and local newspapers—and arranging direct shipment from publishers to specified locations via U.S. Postal Service First Class and Priority Mail, UPS, or FedEx Ground to APO addresses in New York or San Francisco; international shipping is not required. Subscriptions must commence by December 1 and cover the base period from September 30 through September 29 (12 months). The contractor must replace items received in error or in unacceptable condition at no additional cost and dedicate customer service representatives to resolve service issues throughout the contract period.
Award uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) criteria. Offerors submit two volumes by September 21 at 12:00 PM CST via email: Volume 1 contains the pricing schedule with unit rates and extended pricing; Volume 2 presents a technical approach not exceeding 10 pages. The contract is Firm-Fixed Price. All offerors must be registered in SAM. Prices must remain firm for 60 calendar days from offer receipt. The subscription list indicates total funding exceeding $75,000, with individual base budgets ranging from approximately $200 to over $3,000 annually.
Notice text
The Department of the Air Force (DAF), through the 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, is seeking willing and capable businesses that can provide one (1) base year for Base Subscriptions for DoD Libraries. The Department of the Air Force requires the procurement of magazines to 65 base libraries and their office locations. This will be various requested subscriptions to libraries and their offices shipped directly from the publishers. DAF Libraries is looking for an established distributor of magazines in the library and commercial marketplace.
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